With pressure mounting on the federal government to find new revenues, Congress is considering legalizing, and taxing, an activity it banned just four years ago: Internet gambling. On Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee approved a bill that would effectively legalize online poker and other nonsports betting, overturning a 2006 federal ban that critics say [...]
Congress is considering legalizing Internet gambling
July 28th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: Barney Frank · Brad Sherman · internet gambling · Jim McDermott · Spencer Bachus
Congressman Mis-cites Study, Research Actually Finds in Favor of Legalizing Internet Gambling
July 21st, 2008 No Comments
Jeffrey L. Derevensky, a leading professor at McGill University, contends that Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) incorrectly cited the university’s research on gambling addiction in arguing for the continued prohibition on Internet gambling. Derevensky in fact believes that the regulation of online gambling is an opportunity to put in place safeguards to combat problem and underage [...]
Tags: HR2046 · HR5523 · HR5767 · hr6501 · Spencer Bachus
